Summer Wheat is a contemporary American artist born in 1977 in Oklahoma City.[1] She currently lives in Queens, NY and works in Brooklyn, NY.[2][3]

Since 2002, Wheat has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the U.S. and internationally.[1][4] In 2010, Wheat was awarded a year-long residency with Triangle Arts Association in Brooklyn, NY.[2] In 2016 she created a site-specific, large-scale installation for Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center.[5][4] In 2017, Wheat was named as one of "10 Artists to Watch at Frieze London".[6] In 2016, she was presented as recipient of the 2016 New York NADA Artadia Award, which is presented every year to one artist that is exhibiting at NADA New York.[7]

Wheat developed a painting technique whereby she pushes acrylic paint through framed pieces of aluminum mesh; this technique was described by The Art in America journal as "completely novel".[7][8] Her 2018 exhibition at the Andrew Edlin Gallery in NY was chosen by Artforum as a Critics' Pick.[9]

Education

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Wheat received a BA from University of Central Oklahoma in 2000, and an MFA from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2005.[10][1]

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  • "Summer Wheat website".

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Summer Wheat Biography – Summer Wheat on artnet". www.artnet.com. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Gleisner, Jacquelyn (April 8, 2013). "art21 magazine". art21 magazine. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  3. ^ Knudsen, Stephen (2014). "Summer Wheat: Deferral of a Vanguard". Artpulse Magazine. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Goodrich, John (April 20, 2015). "The Painted Pantry of Vermeer's Milkmaid". Hyperallergic. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  5. ^ "Summer Wheat's Immersive Exhibit Expands World of Vermeer's Milkmaid". Oklahoma Contemporary. February 23, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  6. ^ "10 Artists to Watch at Frieze London, 1:54, and Sunday". ARTSY. October 6, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Summer Wheat". Shulamit Nazarian gallery. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  8. ^ Li, Jennifer (November 1, 2018). "Summer Wheat". Art in America. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  9. ^ Rina, Amelia (2018). "Critics Picks, NY, Summer Wheat". Artforum.
  10. ^ "Summer Wheat". Artadia. June 15, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2019.